Films

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know – 1969 | 95 mins | Drama | Colour

Plot Synopsis

Lurid melodrama set in a remand home. Madeline Hindeleads an imposing cast that includes Dennis Waterman, Patrick Mower, FaithBrook, Derek Fowlds, Megs Jenkins and Lesley-Anne Down. But it’s rising star MaureenLipman that steals the acting honours with a moving performance.

Nicki Johnson (Madeleine Hinde) suffers with a guiltcomplex because she thinks she was responsible for the accidental death of herfather (David Lodge). Now a teenager, she regularly plays truant from schoolwith her boyfriend Peter (Dennis Waterman). Nicki’s mother, Anne (RenéeAsherson), drops a bombshell by announcing she intends to marry her golddigging young boyfriend, Harry (Patrick Mower).

One afternoon Nicki returns home following a fall fromher horse, and Harry attempts to seduce her whilst also revealing he now haspossession of her trust fund. During the ensuing struggle Harry is stabbed andseriously injured, and Nicki duly imprisoned in a harsh remand home for girls.The remand home is residence to a number of girls with different problems andbullying is widespread. Following an altercation with another girl, Nicki andher lesbian friend Sarah (Maureen Lipman) decide to runaway rather than facethe prospect of borstal. Now on the run and wanted by the police, Nicki seeksout her boyfriend Peter, and finds refuge living in the downstairs flat of hisemployer, pervy antiques dealer Geoffrey (Derek Fowlds).

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